Annunciator.



C. GHRISTIANSEN.

ANNUNCIATOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 22, 1911. Y I v Ljm Patented sept. 17,1912.

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ANNUNCITOR. APPLICATION FILED 411161,22, 1911,

`Patmlteo'i Sept. 17,1912.

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'LSQQA ing mounted above the door way ot a car narran siriane CARL CHRISTIANSEN,

OF VANCOUVER, BRXTXSH. COLUIVIBA, CANADA.

ANNNCIATOR.

Application filed August 22, 1911.

To aU Qcioml it may concern:

Be it known that I, Carni Ciiiiis'rinnsniv, a subject of the King ot' Great Britain, residing at Vancouver', in the lrovince ot British Coluinbiaaiid Dominion ot Canada.` have invented certain-new and usct'ul mproveniente in Annunciators of which the following is a specification, reference being had-therein to the accompanyingdrawing. this invention relates to an improvement in annunciators tor street cars and has for its principal object to provide means wherehy the passengers within the car may be readily informed as 'to the naine of; the next stopping place. This objectis attained by the provision of a casing at each end of the inside oit the car and mounted ahove the door way. A tape with the names of dilierent streets is carried Within the casing and means are carried hy said casing for manually operating the tape to indicate the name of the street.

ln carrying out the objects tion generally derstood, o1c course,I that the essential features thereof are susceptible to changes in details and structural arrangements, one preferred and practical embodiment of the invention being shown in the accompanyingl drawings, wherein Figurc'l is'a perspective view of the inveno'f the casand constructed in accordance with this invention.l Fig.

sectional view of the casing. Fig. 3 is a secticnalview taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. Q. Fig". 4 is a top plan view tion the car body being shown in section. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical sectional view ci' the casing; attached to the car. Fig. 6 is a plan view ot means for holding the tape in position after the same has been turned. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view ot' the tape. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of the casing attached to the outside ot the car and provided wit-h means for guiding the rope tor operating the tape..

Referring more particularly to the drawings by numerals it will be seen that the in vention is attached to the inside of a car S) above cach door way l0. The tape holding, casingll'is j'ireterably iliade of sheet metal and is provided -with laterally extending ilaiiges l2 and lf at the rear thereot'tor at- (aching)` the casing lo the car body. The front and sides of the casingA are hinged at Specification of Letters Patent.

stated above, it will be un` 2 is a vertical longitudinalv ot the inven-A latcntcd dept. i 3, :with

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l i4 and are provided with lioolis l5 at the bottoni thereof for locking; the sides when it is desired to have the casing closed. The iti-ont of the casing is provided with ion gitudinally extending opening 1G through which a j'iassenger in the car can see the` naine of the street. Vertica-lly journaled in the casing are a pair ot'tape carrying drums 172" and 17" which are provided with stubaxles 18 atone `end tliereol" which lit into openings in the bottom ci' the casing.

Extending 'from each ot the drnms 17 and 1? is a pulley shaft l5) which is smaller in' diameter than the drum. On the outer ends of' the slialfts it) are journaled pulleys 20. A pair of guide rollers 2l. are vertically journalcd in the casingI adjacent the front' thereof and between said drums l?.

rollers are adapted to guide the tape 22 when the saine is wound about the drum. A

ratchet wheel is mounted on one of the shafts if) intermediate the tape 22 and the top ot the casing. A curved har Qlis at tached to one side of the casing: 11. at 25 and is adapted to engage the periphery et the ratchet wheel Act the tree end ot the har 24 there is provided a hook 26 to which one end ot a spring 2T is attached, the other end ot the spring being secured to the casing 1l and thereby holding" the har 2li in con" tinued` engagement with the ratchet wheel Intermediate the ends nii-said bar the saine is crimped at Q8, this crimped p0r- Ation being adapted to engage with the teeth of the ratchet wheel and thereby prevent the same from rotating too lfreely and is also adapted to hold the tape in an adjusted position. The ends et the car E) are provided with transverse openings 2E) adjacent the sides ot said ca and openings 30 on each side of said casino'.

On the outside of the ends ot the car and adjacent each opening 30 thereis secured a small casing 3l which is attached to the end These of the car by the laterally projecting flanges 33 andA force the same togetherr' Adjacent 'the openings Q9 are mounted pulleys 3S. An endless belt or line 40 runs longitudinally 0.-" the ear, passes through openings' 29, over the pulleys 3S, then loetween the guide rollers andthen over the pulleys 20.1vhieh are mounted in the main easing ll. l v

When it is desired to show a certain street7 the"conduc`tor grnsps the line 40 and pulls the seme causing the pulleys to turn the shafts 19 whichv in turn rotate thefdrums 17 and 17b in both easing's 1l, causing the tape 22 to unroll from drums 1'(at to 17h und run longitudinally of the openings 16 in the cusings and when the neme .of the'desired street is exposed through said open,- ing' then the conductor releases the line 40 und any passenger within the our muy readily see the nume of the next stopping place. Thus names are shown through opening from first nume at start to last et end of route in both cusings. On the return trip the Conductor pulls liuc 440 iu the opposite direction musing the lupe to uuroll from drums 17 back to 17 showing the nuules from the end of route hurl; to the start. It 5 is obvious that the rollers :ict us un effectual guide for the line 40 when the suine is pulled und the fuet that the springs tend to 'force the pulleys together keeps the line 40 from becoming worn Whenpassing through the openings 30 in the end of the cur.

It willl he seen from the onegoing that a device has been supplied which is simple in construction, durable, effective and easily operated.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is An annunciator for street cars comprising u casing, annunciating Ineens carried by seid easing, said annunciating means com-Y prising a strip of material having charac! ters formed thereon, spools on which. said strip is Wound, shafts carrying said spools; e second casing adjacent the frstmentioned casing, und provided with a pair of longitudinally extending openings, blocks longitudinall'y7 slidulole in said casing, :i shaft projecting,l from euch of said blocks and eX- tending through one of Suid ope,nings,guide rollers carried by said lust mentioned shafts, springs mounted between the ends of said casing und said blocks, and means for operating said :innuneiating Ineens, seid menus 4comprising pulleys on said shafts, und u cord trained over said pulleys und passing between said guide rollers.

lu testimony whereof l hereunto ullix niy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARL Cllltlll ANSEN.

Vtlitnesses Tr. C. 1lf VoonWAnn, A. E. GALPIN. 

